Migration and new media : transnational families and polymedia /

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"The way in which families maintain long distance communication when they are separated because of migration has been revolutionised by the emergence of a variety of internet- and mobile phone-based platforms. These platforms have created a new communicative environment, which the authors call...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Madianou, Mirca
Other Authors: Miller, Daniel
Format: Printed Book
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Subjects:
Foreign workers, Filipino > Great Britain.
Women foreign workers > Great Britain.
Children of foreign workers > Philippines.
Communication in families > Philippines.
Interpersonal communication > Philippines.
Communication, International > Philippines.
Table of Contents:
  • The Philippines and globalisation : migration, mothering and communications
  • Why they go and why they stay
  • Letters and cassettes
  • The mothers' perspective
  • The children's perspective
  • The technology of relationships
  • Polymedia
  • A theory of mediated relationships.

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